Category Archives: Podcast Highlights

The Opportunities and Power of Veteran Influencers Marketing

Matt O'Brien veteran influencer

Digital marketing professional, Matt O’Brien shares his insights on “The David Johnson Show” about what’s coming next in the worlds of technology and the Internet, and how veterans can find their niche in the emerging opportunity to become an influencer and make an impact. “…the formula changed and it’s all about these influencers that are […]

Veterans Encouraged to Find Their Passion and Audience

Matt O'Brien Mint Social passion audience

Veteran-focused digital marketer and social media expert Matt O’Brien is our next guest on “The David Johnson Show”. In this clip, Matt shares how military veterans can use their stories and experience to reach an audience in whatever endeavor they are pursuing. ” … these are experts. These people have something to give, something that […]

War Veteran Athena Ives on Courage to Tell Her Story

After publishing her book, USMC veteran Athena Ives had many people reach out to her. “I had the courage to tell my story. To talk about what is happening to millions of people and they don’t know what’s going on, because no one talks about it.” Hear more about her story on The David Johnson […]

USMC Veteran Dr. Athena Ives on Fear and Trauma

Athena Ives USMC veteran

“Fear is often created by trauma. That fear will live under your sight. It’s like the monster under your bed that everyone avoids.” Watch Athena Ives talk about how she overcame trauma and fear to take back her life, tell her story, and help others combat their personal trauma on this week’s The David Johnson […]

Jason Sheehan of FreeLance Vets on What Success Means

Jay Sheehan FreeLanceVets Employment

In this clip, Army Veteran, employment expert & President of FreeLanceVets Jason Sheehan answers David Johnson’s question “What would a level of success mean to you? What does that look like?” “For me, success is going to be helping as many people as I can. Doing the right thing for the right people for the […]

Army Vet Jason Sheehan on Veteran Employment

Jay Sheehan Veteran Employment

Employment expert Jason Sheehan talks to veterans from an employer’s point of view. He talks about how employers cannot afford to make hiring mistakes. “That’s why we would rather do a better job screening upfront with proper candidates. Those proper candidates, a lot of times could be a veteran.” He also touches on the fact […]

Employment Expert Jason Sheehan on the Cost of Hiring an Employee

Sheehan hiring employee TDJS

Jason Sheehan, a 13-year Army veteran and employment expert, shares some important perspectives from the hiring side, that many people do not think about when it comes to hiring and employing someone. “A lot of things go into actually employing someone. …we get bombarded by thousands of people that aren’t qualified or remotely qualified for […]

Vietnam Veteran & SCARS Founder Jerry Peterson on The Science of Human Movement

Jerry Peterson of SCARS talks about how he got into studying martial arts after he returned from Vietnam. He analyzed all different forms of martial arts then looked at them from a different aspect and wondered about the science. After over 35,000 hours of research, he founded a process he called “Peterson’s Dominant Process Systems” […]

Vietnam Veteran Jerry Peterson of SCARS On How Taking Action Nullifies Your Fear

“What I realized is that taking action nullifies your fear. By doing that, later I realized in analyzing what I was doing that stopped the fear that was building in me and made me a warrior…” Jerry Peterson of SCARS Institute of Combat Sciences tells The David Johnson Show the story of his first day […]

The Empathy Link and Combat from Vietnam Veteran Jerry Peterson

Scars Jerry Peterson TDJS

“The empathy factor is when, in social environment, in a normal environment, empathy is a good thing. Empathy is what makes social unity. It makes us get along. It makes us want to help people… The problem is in a war society, and we’re going to say it that way, it’s 180 degrees from a […]